According to New Straits Times, Perak deputy Mufti Datuk Zamri Hashim said the Islamic law was gazetted in 2015 after Raja Bomoh gained international notoriety for performing his ‘coconut ritual’ at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in 2014 to help locate the missing MH370 flight.
“The fatwa gazetted mentions that any ritual and practice of blasphemy performed by Raja Bomoh, Ibrahim Mat Zin, using certain objects or without using any object whether for medical purposes, blasphemy, or otherwise is against Islamic law and haram,” he said.
He added that Muslims in Perak are also prohibited from publishing, uploading, or downloading any publication in the form of pamphlets, social media, audio recordings, or films related to the individual.